Admission Requirements

Year 1 Entry

Applicants should meet one of the following requirements*:

Have obtained Level 2 in five HKDSE subjects ⁽¹⁾ including Chinese Language ⁽²⁾ and English Language ⁽³⁾. (Applicant is allowed to use Applied Learning subjects ⁽⁴⁾ in the application); OR
Have obtained a pass in one AL subject or passes in two AS subjects in HKALE and five passes in HKCEE including Chinese Language and English Language; OR
Have obtained a pass in one AL subject or passes in two AS subjects in HKALE and three passes in HKCEE plus Level 2 for Chinese Language and English Language; OR
Have successfully completed a Pre-Associate Degree programme; OR
Have successfully completed Yi Jin Diploma / Diploma of Applied Education programme; OR
Have obtained an equivalent qualification (Mainland applicants with the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) / National Joint College Entrance Examination (JEE) results will also be considered 持全國普通高等學校招生入學考試（內地高考）/ 港澳臺僑聯招試成績之內地申請人亦將予以考慮) ⁽⁵⁾; OR
Have relevant and substantial work experience and/or prior qualification(s) obtained in or outside Hong Kong (e.g. assessed through recognition of prior learning and credit accumulation and transfer), with demonstrated ability to undertake sub-degree education; OR
Have reached the age of 21 years old or above.

Notes:

If one of the five HKDSE subjects is Citizenship and Social Development subject, the minimum entrance requirement would become “Attained” for Citizenship and Social Development subject and Level 2 in four other HKDSE subjects including Chinese and English. Besides, Level 2 in Mathematics Extended Part (Module 1 or Module 2) is also recognised as one of the five HKDSE subjects in fulfilling the minimum entrance requirement.

For non-Chinese-speaking learners, alternative Chinese Language qualifications will be accepted for students who have met the specified conditions: (a) students who have learned Chinese Language for less than 6 years while receiving primary and secondary education; (b) students who have learned Chinese Language for 6 years or more in schools, but have been taught an adapted and simpler Chinese Language curriculum not normally applicable to the majority of students in local schools. ApL Chinese (for non-Chinese speaking students) should, in general, be accepted as an alternative Chinese Language qualification, among other acceptable alternative Chinese Language qualifications.

For non-Chinese speaking students, TWC accepts the following two alternative qualifications in Chinese Language (ACL):

Students obtained the minimum grade in the Chinese Language under GCE, GCSE and IGCSE.

Examination	Subject	Minimum grade required
General Certificate of Education Examination (GCE) – (Advanced Level) (only UK accredited GCE will be considered)	Chinese Language	Grade E
General Certificate of Education Examination (GCE) – (Ordinary Level) (only UK accredited GCE will be considered)		Grade C
General Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (GCSE)		Grade 4 or C
International General Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (IGCSE)		Grade 4 or C

Students obtained the grade “attained” in the Applied Learning Chinese [ApL(C)].

Students with HKDSE English Language results at Level 3 or below are required to complete non-credit bearing English enhancement course(s) in the first year of study.
The ApL subjects do not include ApL Chinese (for non-Chinese speaking students) as this subject is introduced to provide an additional channel exclusively for non-Chinese speaking students to obtain an alternative Chinese language qualification. For the 2012-2017 HKDSE Examinations, students attaining the results of “Attained” and “Attained with Distinction” in the ApL subjects are accepted as attaining the competencies required at Level 2 and Level 3 or above of Category A subjects of the HKDSE Examination respectively for the purposes of further studies and work. Effective from the 2018 HKDSE Examination, the reporting of students’ performance is refined to “Attained”, “Attained with Distinction (I)” and “Attained with Distinction (II)”. Performance of “Attained with Distinction (I)” is comparable to Level 3 while “Attained with Distinction (II)” is comparable to Level 4 or above of Category A subjects of the HKDSE Examination.
Mainland applicants who have met the 3^rd cut-off line of the respective province in the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) / National Joint College Entrance Examination (JEE) and the score of English Language is at least 80.